[HQ Ignorance] Scene 112: The Great Mouth

[Nicolas Hughes]

> 
> Aalmon is attacking the Great Maw at 17, sword augment +20, plus Mean
> Spirit at +3, plus Pyrrhich Victory +20, plus Bear Suffering +3, plus 
> Flaming Weapon +6 (surely better than +3 from 'Stay Still'!), Cheat
> Demon +3, plus surprise action bonus of +5 and finally Love Marianne of
> +3 (which I must include for a perhaps last encounter). This is a total
> of 17W3! The creature itself comes with Great Bite 20W, plus a
> situational bonus of +20 (you're *inside* the mouth!), plus Great
> Strength +10, and grappling Tongue at +6. Very nasty indeed! That's a
> total of 16W3.




> 
> 19 versus 18 (terrible rolls, by both sides... At the moment it's a
> marginal defeat for Aalmon, and under the Pyrrhic rules, that's certain
> death. So far Aalmon has spent four Hero Points... 
> 



OK. I thought the sword was a W2 augment (it was in round 2). On the other augments I think if he is taking a physical beating here then his +3 from Tough With Joy comes into play, that at least turns a marginal defeat into a fatally marginal victory.

Aalmon is then spending as many HP as he can if it gives him a chance to win and live.

If he can only spend one HP on the main action can he spend the other on releasing the starfire spirit rather than just augmenting with it, +10W will make a lot more difference than +6?

Nic